Stewart,

Be inventive !

Dart 18 doesn't have bolts !

Topcat do not have them either.

Then of course the A-cats had bolted carbon beams before some-one realised that they could be glued in. If A-cat builders managed the hold these down with bolt than we do you think that we can't do that.

Ventillo F18HT has bolted carbon beams as well.

Besides alu beam without reinforcements or other designed feature to prevent it riding in the bolt will wear their bolt holes very quickle as well. I don't hear you yell in dispair about how we are going to use bolt in combination with alu beams as well.

So be inventive and look how many before you were succesfull at it

Wouter


Wouter Hijink
Formula 16 NED 243 (one-off; homebuild)
The Netherlands